Re: PC20-III

From: Professor Dredd (profdredd_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2001-04-17 15:51:24

Okay Ruud. Ya got me  ;)

I'm going back to the computer I know now (my C-64)
I've got alot of programming to do  ;)

--- Ruud Baltissen <Ruud.Baltissen@abp.nl> wrote:
> > Assuming the new hard drive has been low-level
> > formatted and high-level formatted (from DOS) it
> > requires one more thing to be used as a boot
> device:
> > A BOOT BLOCK
> 
> The message "No hard disk found" appears as one of
> the first messages
> outputted by the BIOS. It is the part of the BIOS
> which detects if there is
> a mouse, LPT-port or COM-port available. Purely
> hardware orientated. Only
> after (not) detecting these items the RAM is tested.
> 
> FYI: the HD I attached has a Boot Block for sure as
> I lent it from a working
> system.
> 
> Groetjes, Ruud
> 
> http://Ruud.C64.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
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